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Saturday 30 March 2024

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Fred Kenny Memorial Ladies National Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:57 | Winning time: 6m 18.9s

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Selected odds by:

Klarc Kent⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss J Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 125

9/1

Good third of 7 in novice chase at Punchestown (22.8f, heavy, 13/2) 41 days ago. Stable having good spell. Makes handicap chase debut. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 1/P6-3F3

So Des Flos^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss C Butler⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 124| CD

11/1

Latest win in C&D chase in December. 7/1, fourth of 7 in novice chase at Down Royal (19.6f, soft) 13 days ago. Present mark demands more returned to handicaps.

Form: 514744

Neveradullmoment^p,t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 117| BF

5/2

Fairly useful chaser. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap chase (7/2) at Navan (24f, heavy) 35 days ago, doing well to get back involved having been badly hampered 3 out. Remains with a bigger effort in his locker and one to consider.

Form: 843443

Optional Mix^t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Miss E Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 116| C

14/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy, 28/1) 26 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 686300

Routine Excellence^p,t⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 115

20/1

Fairly useful chaser at his best but yet to fire this term, pulled up in handicap chase (22/1) at Musselburgh (23.6f, good to soft) 56 days ago, beaten early in straight. Plenty to prove at present. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 2-P6P4P

Read To Return^t⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 112| BF

5/2

Winner over fences at Killarney in October and shaped well from the position he came from in a 25f handicap at Cheltenham a month later. Expensive to follow over hurdles since but appeals as still being well treated back over fences and worth chancing.

Form: 215438

Favori Logique²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Fern O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 109| D

13/2

Creditable third of 11 in handicap chase (20/1) at Leopardstown (28.3f, soft) 27 days ago. Back down in trip now and not out of things.

Form: 22U/4-43

Marronstown²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Miss J Walton⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Christie| OR: 102

5/1

11/2, good third of 8 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (21.5f, heavy) 26 days ago, rallying latter stages. Not sure to be in the same form here.

Form: 359763

Forecasts

Neveradullmoment (5/2), Read To Return (5/2), Marronstown (5/1), Favori Logique (13/2), Klarc Kent (9/1), So Des Flos (11/1), Optional Mix (14/1), Routine Excellence (20/1)

READ TO RETURN was below his best when last seen over hurdles 3 months ago but he very much appeals as being on a good mark over fences and earns the vote for the stable that landed this 12 months ago. Neveradullmoment very much caught the eye and was deserving of extra credit for where he finished last time and he heads up the dangers. Klarc Kent is another to consider on handicap debut in this sphere.